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Derrick Van Orden and a Brief Electoral History of Wisconsin Freshman US Reps

Doug Mastriano Eyes Unusual US Senate Bid in Pennsylvania

Democrats and Republicans Have Record US Senate Winning Streaks in 26 States

Jay Inslee: Moving Up the Ranks

A Record Out of Reach? Dianne Feinstein to Retire with Most Votes in US Senate Electoral History

I Can’t Quit You: Omar, Swalwell, Schiff Still Identify As Serving On Foreign Affairs, Intelligence Committees

Health

Tom Price’s Historically Short HHS Tenure

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 3, 2017 | 1

Price lasted less than a quarter of the time on the job than the average HHS secretary.

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Is There a Doctor in the Senate?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | October 10, 2013 | 1

Elections in Georgia and Louisiana could bring the number of physicians in the Senate in 2015 to its highest level in 150+ years.

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Bachmann’s Little Secret: Not Fixated on God, Guns, and Gays

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | July 1, 2013 | 0

Only one percent of the congresswoman’s nearly 600 press releases since 2007 have focused on the “3 Gs” collectively, as well as just one percent on abortion.

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AHIP President Karen Ignagni Talks about Health Care Costs and the “Other 94 Percent”

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | April 6, 2012 | 1

The president of America’s Health Insurance Plans targets the role hospitals, pharmaceutical companies, and technology firms play in the escalating costs of health care.

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Obama Under Fire: Who Launched the Most Attacks at the President during the New Hampshire Debate?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | June 15, 2011 | 0

Mitt Romney landed the most jabs at Obama among the seven candidates; Herman Cain and Ron Paul, meanwhile, pulled the most punches.

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‘No’ Vote on Health Care May Have Saved Several Democratic House Seats in McCain Districts

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | November 10, 2010 | 1

House Democrats from McCain districts voting ‘no’ on health care were reelected at nearly four times the rate as those voting ‘yes’

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Mark Dayton on Tax Policy: “I Didn’t Start the War”

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | September 14, 2010 | 3

DFL gubernatorial candidate launches 16 attacks against his 2010 rivals’ tax and budget plans and outgoing Pawlenty administration in hour long U of MN event

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Is Bart Stupak’s U.S. House Seat Vulnerable?

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 24, 2010 | 5

Nine-term Democrat has won by more than 32 points in each of the last four election cycles

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Fun Facts about House Democrats Voting ‘No’ on the Health Care Bill

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 23, 2010 | 1

Years of service in U.S. House, district competitiveness, and district vote for McCain in ’08 shaped Democratic votes; percentage of uninsured constituents in district had no impact

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Bachmann, Kline, and Paulsen Respond to U.S. House Health Care Bill Passage

By Dr. Eric Ostermeier | March 22, 2010 | 3

The only three members of Minnesota’s U.S. House delegation to issue press releases in the immediate hours after the 219-212 passage of a landmark overhaul of the nation’s health care system were its three GOP critics

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